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Karen Beemon wins the 2007 M.Jeang Retrovirology Prize

It was announced today that Dr Karen Beemon has been awarded the third annual M.Jeang Retrovirology Prize. Dr Beemon, Professor and Chair of the Biology Department, Johns Hopkins University, will receive a $3000 cheque and a crystal trophy, and is interviewed in an article published today in Retrovirology.

The M.Jeang Retrovirology Prize, awarded annually, recognises an outstanding mid-career retrovirologist aged 45 to 60. The prize, supported by the Ming K. Jeang Foundation, alternates between HIV and non-HIV research. The winner is selected by Retrovirology’s Editors, from nominations submitted by the journal’s Editorial Board. Retrovirology’s Editor-in-Chief, Kuan-Teh Jeang explained why they awarded Dr Beemon with the Retrovirology prize:
“Professor Beemon has made tremendous contributions to our understanding of how retroviruses transform cells.  She was instrumental in establishing that one of the important transformation mechanisms is the aberrant phosphorylation of cellular proteins on tyrosine residues.”

We wish Dr Beeman many congratulations!

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